Extension Presentations

Tennessee GCSAA 2023

Topdressing 101: Organic Matter Management for Cool‐Season (with a little bit of warm‐season) Putting Greens – PDF – Roch Gaussoin

Long Island Golf Course Superintendents Association Winter Education 2023

Topdressing and Organic Matter Management for Cool Season Golf Greens – PDF – Roch Gaussoin

New England Regional Turfgrass Conference 2023

How and Why to Manage Organic Matter on Putting Greens – PDF – Roch Gaussoin

Effective Aerification of Sports Fields – PDF – Roch Gaussoin

Improving Rootzone Quality in Lawn & Landscape Turf – PDF – Roch Gaussoin

How Topdressing Can Impact Green Performance – PDF – Roch Gaussoin

WGGA February 2023

What's New in Weed Control – PDF – Roch Gaussoin

Turfgrass Cultivation – PDF – Roch Gaussoin

GCSAA Conference & Trade Show 2023

Topdressing 101: Organic Matter Management for Cool-Season Putting Greens – PDF – Roch Gaussoin

Rocky Mountain Regional Turf Conference 2022, December 2022

40 Years of Rootzone Management Research: Have Things Changed? – PDF – Roch Gaussoin

Topdressing 101: Organic Matter Management for Cool-Season Putting Greens – PDF – Roch Gaussoin

Washington Turf & Landscape Virtual On-Demand, December 2022

Weed Science and Management – PDF – Roch Gaussoin

72nd Annual Kansas Turf & Landscape Conference

Organic Matter Management for Cool-Season Golf Greens and Sports Turf – Roch Gaussoin

Pushing Back Preemergence Applications for Better Late Season Control – PDF – Roch Gaussoin

PPGCSA 2019 and 2022

Dos and Don’ts of Organic Matter Sampling – PDF – Roch Gaussoin

Is He Really Going to Talk About Organic Matter…..Again? – PDF – Roch Gaussoin

Golf Green Rootzone Organic Matter Management – PDF – Roch Gaussoin

Landscapes Unlimited 2021 Superintendents Education Session

Organic matter research & management

UGCSA-2021 Annual Education Conference & Trade Show

30 years of Turf Research, Advice, and Learning in under 2 hours
2021 Annual Education Conference & Trade Show

NSTA 2021 – Buffalograss Establishment and Management

Buffalograss Establishment and Management: Myths and Misconceptions
Roch Gaussoin, Professor and Extension Turfgrass Specialist
Presentation for the Northern Seed Trade Association, 2021 Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado

Supporting References for Buffalograss Establishment and Management Presentation

Buffalograss $avings, TurfiNfo for the North Central US, University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Turf.unl.edu. August 10, 2017.

Addressing Misperceptions Regarding Buffalograss Tolerance to Sandy Soils, Traffic, and Shade. Keenan Amundsen, Luqi Li, Robert C. Shearman and Roch E. Gaussoin. International Turfgrass Society Research Journal, vol. 13. October 19, 2017.

Buffalograss Establishment with Preemergence Herbicides. Jack D. Fry, Roch E. Gaussoin, Dan D. Beran, Robert A. Masters. University of Nebraska–Lincoln, DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska–Lincoln. 1-1-1997

Bur Seeding Rate Effects on Turf-type Buffalograss Establishment. R.C. Shearman, H. Budak, S. Severmutlu, R.E. Gaussoin. HortTechnology, April-June 2005, 15(2).

Colorant Effects on Dormant Buffalograss Turf Performance. R.C. Shearman, L.A. Wit, S. Severmutlu, H. Budak, R.E. Gaussoin. HortTechnology, April-June 2005, 15(2).

Comparative Turfgrass Evapotranspiration Rates and Associated Plant Morphological Characteristics. K. S. Kirn and J. B. Beard. Crop Sci. 28:328-331 (1988).

Herbicide Tolerance of Buffalograss. Ryan M. Goss, John H. McCalla, Michael D. Richardson. Plant Management Network, 21 June 2006.

Nitrogen Phosphorus, and Potassium Effects on Seeded Buffalograss Establishment. Kevin Frank, Roch E. Gaussoin, Jack Fry, Michael Frost and James Baird. University of Nebraska–Lincoln, DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska–Lincoln. 1-1-2002.

Overseeding Buffalograss Turf with Fine-Leaved Fescues. Songul Severmutlu, Terrance P. Riordan, Robert C. Shearman, Roch E. Gaussoin and Lowell E. Moser. University of Nebraska–Lincoln, DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska–Lincoln. 2-23-2005.

Planting Depth Effect on Emergence and Morphology of Buffalograss Seedlings. Neil L. Heckman, Garald L. Horse and Roch E. Gaussoin. University of Nebraska–Lincoln, DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska–Lincoln. 1-1-2002.

AGCSA - 2016

Golf Greens: Core Vs. No Core (PDF, 28 KB) – Roch Gaussoin

Organic Matter Management (PDF, 3 MB) – Roch Gaussoin

New England Regional Turf Conference, Providence, RI

Sports Turf Establishment-From N to Mycorrhiza (PDF, 116KB) – Roch Gaussoin

Biostimulants and Mycorrhizas do no increase POA Pratensis Establishment on a Sand-based Rootzone (PDF, 456KB) – Roch Gaussoin